Demonstrators shout slogans against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunis on Friday. As protests escalated, Ben Ali fled the country on Saturday for Saudi Arabia.
BIG TROUBLE IN TUNISIA
FOR AMERICA’S MIDEAST RAJ
by Eric Margolis
Oops! Something has gone terribly wrong with Washington’s plans for regime change in the Mideast. Wasn’t there supposed to be a US and British engineered revolution against Iran’s mullahs, followed by installation of a cooperative pro-western government and a bonanza for western oil companies?
